City shuts down Queens school for failing to comply with measles outbreak protection order
The city’s Health Department slammed the doors Monday on a Kew Gardens Hills school for non-compliance with a citywide order aimed at curbing the ongoing measles outbreak.
On May 9, the Health Department issued an “Order of the Commissioner” to The Yeshiva of Central Queens at 147-37 70th Road mandating that the administration exclude any unvaccinated student for 21 days following a known exposure to measles at the school.
Upon further investigation, the agency ordered The Yeshiva of Central Queens closed on May 13 because the staff had not abided by the May 9 order. The school will be allowed to reopen once the Health Department “reviews and approves a submitted corrective action plan that addresses the lapses in complying with the order.”
Eight other private schools, most of which are located in the Williamsburg, Brooklyn area, were previously ordered closed for similar reasons and have since been reopened after officials at each institution submitted a corrective action plan that the Health Department approved.
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